Improvement in adjustable rolling supports for stoves



-C.`D. WOODRUFF.

" Adjustable Rolling Support forStoves.

No. 123,756l Patented Feb.13,1372.

' and containing an ordinary stove-leg.

gUNI'IEn STATES PATENEQI-lrm.

CHAUNOEY D. WOODRUFF, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

Specific/ation forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,756, dated February 13, 1872.

, To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, C. D. WOODRUFF, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Rollin g Supports for Stoves; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description there-of, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in whiehport for stoves, which shall be easily applied,

and capable of adjustment to stoves of various sizes; and to this end it consists in the peeuliar construction and combination ofthe various parts of the device, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a metal frame, consistingof four arms, joined to and radiating from a common center in the form of a cross, as seen in Fig. 1. Resting upon the upper side of each arm is a second or adjustable arm, B, having the general form shown, its outer end and sides being inclosed by means of a iiange, b, so as to form at said outer end a socket, C, capable of receiving The y adjustable arm thusformed is connected to or with the central'frame by means-of a bolt, D, I which passes downward through a slot, b', eX-

ktending longitudinally through the center of said arm, and through a round opening formed near the outer end of the fixed arm, the head of said bolt 'resting upon the upper side of sai-d arm B, while upon its lower threaded end Ais fitted a nut, E, that bears against the lower side of` saidxed arm. As thus constructed, vby loosening the bolt, the arm B may be adjusted toward or from the center, after which, by tightening said bolt again, said 'arm may be firmly secured in place, by which means the device may be easily and quickly iitted over and caused to embrace the legs of a stove. An ordinary caster, F, secured upon the outer end and under side of each arm B/completes the device, the operation of which will be the drawing. y

The especial advantages possessed by this device are, that it maybe easily adapted to and secured upon the legs of any stove having size within the limit of its adjustment itis ornamental and adds to the appearance of the stove; it enables dealers to more easily move stoves from one place to another in a store, or Vto turn them around for the purpose of eX- hibition; and, being simple in construction, can be furnished at a small cost.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits oi' my invention, what I claim as new 1s- A rolling support for stoves, consisting of a frame havinga series of radially-adjustable arms, provided with suitable sockets for containing the stove-legs, the whole resting upon rfor the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto signed my name this 11th day of December, 1871.

CHAUNOEY D. WOODRUFF.

rI/Vitnesses C. A. Bowser, J. ROBINSON.

readily understood by reference to Fig. 2 of' and supported by casters, substantially as and#y 

